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<p>It's nearly a year on from my last Railo blog post so it is well overdue that I write another - just in case there is anyone still sitting on the fence, unsure if they should use Railo - or indeed, anyone who might be unaware of Railo's very existance!</p> <br/> <p>So to start with, a quick summary of what Railo is:</p> <ul> <li>Railo, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1QKOHThSiM#t=0m10s" title="(sounds like 'silo')">pronounced /&#712;ra&#618;.l&#601;&#650;/</a>, is super fast Enterprise-level sofware for RAD webapp and website creation.</li> <li>Railo is LGPL-licensed <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free Software</a>, so anyone can use it how they like.</li> <li>Railo runs on any <a href="http://java.sun.com/javaee/">Java EE</a> server, (but doesn't require Java knowledge), and is a <a href="http://www.jboss.org/">Jboss.org</a> project.</li> <li>Railo uses the <a href="http://www.opencfml.org">CFML language</a>, like <a href="http://www.adobe.com/coldfusion">Adobe ColdFusion</a> (the primary CFML engine), <a href="http://www.openbluedragon.org">OpenBlueDragon</a>, and others.</li> <li>Railo is really awesome.</li> </ul> <br/> <p><a href="http://www.sorcerers-isle.net/article/railo_still_awesome.html"><strong>Find out why Railo is the perfect choice for your next development project.</strong></a></p> <br/>

2010-01-26T21:42:41Z

<p>As promised previously, here is a more detailed entry on the announcement to Open Source the Railo CFML engine.</p>

2008-06-08T17:59:40Z

<p>Today at the midday Scotch keynote, Gert Franz and Luc Texier made an impressive announcement: <strong>Railo is going completely Open Source.</strong></p> <br/> <p>This is an exciting move both for Railo and for the CFML community as a whole, and I'll be writing more details about it later, but for now here some some quick key details...</p> <p>There will be two editions of Railo, with the Community and Professional editions combining into one, and the Enterprise edition being the other:</p> <p>The new Community+Professional edition will be Open Source and there will be no limit to the number of web contexts allowed.</p> <p>The Enterprise edition will have added value features, including tools from Intergral.</p> <br/> <p>The license will be LGPL2, which means you can distribute Railo along with commercial software.</p> <p>The timeline for release of the source code is mid to late October, around the time that Railo 3.1 is due for release.</p> <p>The announcement is online at the JBoss website at <a href="http://www.jboss.org/railo">www.jboss.org/railo</a></p> <br/> <p><strong>More Information available:</strong> <a href="http://blog.bpsite.net/item/59/Railo%20goes%20Open%20Source%20with%20JBoss.org%20(Update).html">Railo goes Open Source with JBoss.org (Update)</a></p>

2008-06-05T17:30:11Z